TimedShutdown/TimedShutdown/PingWidget.cs

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Threading;

namespace TimedShutdown
{
    public class PingWidget
    {
        IPAddress _ipAddress = IPAddress.None;
        public bool WidgetHasInitialized { get; private set; } = false;

        BackgroundWorker contPingBackgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker();

        public void InitatePingRequest(IPAddress ipAddress)
        {
            _ipAddress = ipAddress;

            contPingBackgroundWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
            contPingBackgroundWorker.DoWork += ContPingBackgroundWorkerDoWork;

            if (contPingBackgroundWorker.IsBusy == false)
            {
                contPingBackgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
            }

            WidgetHasInitialized = true;
        }

        public void StopCurrentPingRequest()
        {
            contPingBackgroundWorker.CancelAsync();
            Debug.WriteLine("Stopped ping request");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Will continuously ping the input IP address every 5 seconds,
        /// will stop if a cancellation request is made.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender"></param>
        /// <param name="e"></param>
        private void ContPingBackgroundWorkerDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
        {

            while (contPingBackgroundWorker.CancellationPending == false)
            {
                Ping pingSender = new Ping();
                IPAddress address = _ipAddress;
                PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(address);

                if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine("Ping Success!");
                }
                else
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine(reply.Status);
                }

                Thread.Sleep(3000);
            }
        }
    }
}